A man who had been recovering for months in a Regina hospital after allegedly being tortured by his former roommate has returned to his family in Victoria.

Dustin LaFortune arrived at the city's airport Monday, happy to be greeted by his relieved parents.

Dustin LaFortune, 26, has moved to Victoria to continue his rehabilitation. (CBC)

"I'm feeling good, I'm so excited now," said LaFortune, 26. "I just want to say thank you to all my supporters. I couldn't have done it without them."

LaFortune's mother, Renee LaFortune, said Dustin should recover more quickly now that he's with loved ones.

"Dustin is coming home and that's where he should be," she said. "He doesn't need to be institutionalized. He can get better at home."

But Renee LaFortune said her pleas for financial assistance to help pay for his rehabilitation have been ignored.

She said victims' services groups in Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia had rejected the family's request for financial and other aid to help with his recovery.

"We were so traumatized and we went to victims' services and they said, 'No, we can't help you,'" Renee LaFortune said.

The family said it has spent thousands of dollars on equipment and psychological counselling for Dustin, who was dumped at a Regina hospital in April covered in burns and stab marks, and missing part of his bottom lip and tongue. He also had brain damage, and was severely emaciated.

The family has ordered a wheelchair, special bed and other devices, Renee LaFortune said. She is also moving to a bigger townhouse in Victoria, where she lives, to accommodate her son's new needs. Dustin was expected to move there Monday from the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre in Regina to continue his recovery.

In April, Dustin LaFortune was left at a Regina hospital covered in scabs and burn marks, and missing part of his bottom lip and tongue. (Facebook)A request to transport Dustin via a subsidized air ambulance service was turned down because the service provider couldn't reach Dustin's doctor to confirm his therapeutic schedule, his mother said.

While she finds the rejection by social services agencies disheartening, Renee LaFortune said the family is buoyed by the flood of support it has received online from more than 48,000 users of the social networking site Facebook.

Dustin LaFortune's former roommate, Dustin Ward Paxton, 30, was arrested on Aug. 24 in southeast Edmonton. He appeared in court on Friday in Calgary, where the case is being handled, on charges of aggravated assault and forcible confinement.

Police believe LaFortune, originally of Winnipeg, was assaulted in Calgary between Dec. 1, 2008, and March 2, 2010, and again in Regina between March 15 and April 16, when he was dropped off at the hospital in Regina.